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How to send your information to Companies House using our online services.
Types of model articles of association a limited company can have, including older versions of Table A from previous company legislation.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Find out about tax avoidance schemes used by owner managed companies to fund education fees.
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
Register now to find out more about what you need to consider when starting a company.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
The Business List contains three separate sub-lists: business financial services regulatory and pensions business. Business We deal with a wide range business disputes, often with an international dimension. Frequently these concern a business structure (company, LLP, LP, partnership etc) including:...
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
Paying Corporation Tax when your limited company sells an asset for more than it paid - includes chargeable gains, intangible assets, working out inflation
Find out about the independent General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) Advisory Panel opinion on a tax avoidance arrangement that rewarded a director through a remuneration trust.
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
Directors of joint venture companies should read this to understand their duties and responsibilities, conflicts of interest and ethical guidelines.
How to set up a flat management company to manage property on residents' behalf and what you must do to run it legally
How to set up a limited company, appoint directors and shareholders or guarantors, and register for tax.
Use this pro-forma for a memorandum of association to form a company with share capital.
Information about changes that UK companies need to file with Companies House and the rules and requirements on how to submit them.
You can ask Companies House to keep your address out of the company records people can search - who can apply, forms, when your address will be removed from the records
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